The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-12
NOTES.

THE statue of LIEF ERICKSON, the
NoIseman who is supposed to have dis
covered America in the year 1000 was
unveiled at Boston last week.
P. T. BARNUM, the veteran Snowman.
Is planning long trip through Central
and Southern America. He will not be
accompanied by his show, going for pleas
ure only.
HENRY WARD BEEoHER's art and liter
airy treasures are on exhibition in the
rooms OF the American Art Association.
New York City. They are attracting a
great deal of attention.
THE Rock, an Episcopal paper of Lon
don, England, says: "The name of WEs-
LEY now rallies more followers than that
OF any single name associated with
Christianity, other than that OF Christ
himself"
HE Palestine Society OF German Gath
olics has bought a tract of $50 acres on
the Northern shore of Lake Gennesaret.
They are also building church at Cana,
OF Galilee, in honor of ST.. BARTHoLo-
NEW, native of Cana.
The heavenly mama must be gather.
ed fresh every morning. Yesterdays
mamma will not do for to-day, nor to-day's
for tomorrow. We must feed upon
Christ every day, with fresh energy of the
Spirit. else we shall cease to grow.
The Christian Register says: "For-
merly orthodoxy taught that God sent
men to hell. Now, many of its preach
ers are teaching that men go there of
their own accord, yet they are not ready
to believe that God is willing to pull
them out"
HE New York Sun remarks, and there
are many facts which bear out the OBJ
servation. that "a modified Universalism
is the faith of the majority of the young
or Congregational theologians of New
England and of the majority of laymen Of
this generation"
STATISTICS are said to show steady
diminution in the percentage Of fiction
called for at the great college libraries
of the country. This is extremely graft
flying. We wish it might be followed by
a similar showing at all the great public
Unsatisfactory World.
STATISTICS show that there are at pre-
sent $40 adult converts from the heather
world in full communion with various
Protestant churches as the result of mis-
sionary labor. These, with their families
and dependents in Christian communi-
ties, aggregate at least 2,SO0,O 900 souls.
Zion's Herald says that quite sensa-
tional incident occurred at one of the
meetings of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, at which Miss WILLARD
and PUNDITA RAMABAI were present and
spoke. Mr.. JOSEPH Cook, who was ON
the platform, requested the two ladies to
clasp hands together-a daughter of
the Mississippi and daughter of the
Ganges,' as he termed them-over the
Bible, while he offered short prayer
and benediction. A very tender i'm
preston was produced by the unique
scene.
That JENNY LIND, the queen of song,
should die with the falling of the leaves
may sesm fittingly poetic coincidence.
Her death occurred Nov. 3. No living
being, perhaps none of the dead masters
of sweet sounds, has ever given the
world more pleasure, while her goodness
OF heart was in fit keeping with her rare
vocal gifts. The men and women of the
present generation think of JENNY LIND
almost as some old master Her great
est triumphs were achieved many years
ago. But none the less gratefully is she
remembered now that she is gone by those
who have heard and read Of the enthusi-
asm her appearance everywhere created
in by-gone days.
The newly. elected Lord Mayor OF
London, ALDERMAN DE KEYsER, is a
Roman Catholic. Since the Reforma-
ton no Roman Catholic has been elected
to the chief magistracy of the metropolis,
although during the past fifty years the
choice has fallen upon Churchmen, Non
conformists and Jews. England occa.
sionally forgets her insular prejudices
and makes some very lucky selections.
BENJAMIN DIsRAELI, while British SUBJ
ject, had good many sneers to bear on
account of his Jewish extraction, but he
lived to be premier of England and a
belted earl. The new lord mayor-elect
will doubtless prove no less fervent
patriot than if the blood of the ancient
thames Of Anglo Saxon England ran il his
veins. Mr.. DE KEYsER has said, however:
"In my official capacity recognize but
one religion-the Established Church Of
the country-and in the cause of charity,
philanthropy and education, you will find
me recognizing all religions in which
God reigns supreme"
PRESIDENT WHITE gave short but in.
structive lecture in Lombard chapel last
Monday evening. His subject was
mistaken Notions Concerning Circum-
stances" He said that there was a great
tendency to put faith in material agents
as causes Of effects which they never can
produce. We often hear that all that is
necaseary To urOeure are the aDplianceg